The War in Ukraine: Who Summons War Demons, and What Europe Must do Before The Feud is Inflated?
In truth, we must discern the actual motivation of the warfare without misleading prejudgments or delusions if we want to reach a stable ground on which we picture a sustainable resolution that serves all parties of the conflict. People don't initiate war because they are manic or merely despise one another. Nations trigger wars to acquire strategic political or economic acquisitions they haven't been able to earn with peaceful mechanisms. War is not a breeze; it is pricey and obnoxious even for those in power.
Mainstream media doesn't cast truths. It is a propaganda arm for governments whose essential goal is to magnify state power and demonize variance. Governments want obedient citizens, zombies. Media strives to grab the attention of the targeted audience as much as possible; in reaching that goal, media frequently disseminate twisted information and untruths to provoke apprehensions of anticipated events. Nervous people are less likely to form coherent views; they follow the herd. Media verbatim cannot speak the truth because the truth is shameful. Casting facts would smear the prominence of those in leading roles in the political, social, and economic structure. Leaders take erroneous decisions driven by the presumption that there is a problem, and the solution makes even more problems than what was trying to solve. Leaders conceal their blunders with a chain of fabrications. Nevertheless, no one will ever be able to repress the facts; the truth forever awaits the candid, impartial inspector.
The quota of resources states allocate for public deception is enormous; the world would be safer and sounder when the state disburses adequate resources on edification programs to elevate public awareness. However, what impedes the accomplishment of social and economic wellness is that it doesn't deliver immediate financial gains in the pockets of those in the economic and power structure. The power and patronage system has no advantage in propagating truths; bear it in mind.
The political relationship between the West and the rest of the world is straightforward to the simple mind. The West looks at everything from a master-slave lens; equity humiliates the superiority of the West, the supremacy of the corrupt master. Western people are always cynical regarding foreign cultures and norms. The supreme value of the West is human liberty; how others could practice their freedom when the West wants to inflict their thought of the world on everyone, albeit flawed!
Summarily, people don't lean on Western politics to induce a lasting positive transformation in the international arena; it is too late. We understand that the West was able to produce a progressive global impact if it let its egocentricity down. Western politics always sought to attain earnings at the expense of others' well-being when the chance to acquire the same gains with peaceful means was always feasible, cushy, and would have built mutual trust.
Hollywood and media productions depict alien cultures with prejudice to fit in the storyline. See how media and movies characterize Afghans, Arabs, Koreans, Persians, Russians, Turkish, Ukrainians, and others on screen, and it even looks upon native black Americans with mistrust. Such depictions shape the audience's perception of others, and it is a form of affective polarization that creates more harm than good.
This overture was a necessary mental warm-up before talking about the armed confrontation in Ukraine.
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The former Soviet Union was a sturdy rival to the United States, and after the disintegration of the Soviet Republics, everyone was looking ahead to quiet coexistence in Europe. According to official?declassified Western and Russian documents?that narrate the negotiations between the West and the USSR in the German unification process in 1990, the Soviet leader Gorbachev and other Soviet officials have received high-level commitments from several Western leaders against NATO expansion towards the east. The U.S. didn't adhere to the given assurances about NATO enlargement and invited many states of the ex-Soviet Union to accede to the military alliance. NATO was formed in the aftermath of the Second World War to counter the menace posed at the time by the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the martial reasons for the NATO foundation ceased to exist. However, the U.S. has always considered Russia a threat to America's national security and its view of world peace. And wanted this view to penetrate the collective mind of the Western people. The Western public hates Russia for no concrete reason, and this attitude is the demonization of variance.
Russia interpreted NATO expansion to the east as an offense to the Russian people and an armed threat to the perimeter of the Russian national security region. Russia has also expressed interest in building sustainable political and economic bilateral relations with Europe and NATO, but the rejection was the answer. This Western mood invoked another Cold War. The warfare in Ukraine is the last resort to force the NATO danger away from Russian borders and squeaky articulation to Russian rejection of the Western mindset toward Russia.
Europe heeds the instruction of the United States, and NATO is realistically the U.S. coliseum. According to Article 10 of?The North Atlantic Treaty, accession to NATO is invitation-only access and happens by unanimous agreement of all members. Therefore, NATO or the U.S. sought to instigate a fight with Russia. An expansive conflict in Europe would bring massive incentives to the economy of the U.S. and leave Europe busted socially and economically. Russia has offered?peace talks?at the beginning of the campaign in Ukraine, the United States Department of State declined Moscow's peace proposal. Washington wants to escalate the conflict!
Europe must liberate itself from subordination to Washington and become serious about European protection. Europe has to do something meaningful to defuse the confrontation in Ukraine. The E.U. should find a reasonable contract to restructure broken confidence with Russia. The grudge with Russia would fade away when Europe creates a neutral buffer zone - a Switzerland-like - between NATO members and Russia, with long-term comprehensive economic and social enticements for all partners. A new form of socioeconomic communion between autonomous polities, where every member is enabled to conserve national identity and domestic interests; and can assimilate distinct cultures peacefully. It will be a magic remedy to the troubles of Europe if this becomes a reality.
Licensing & Compliance Manager, EMEA at FactSet
2 年I invite you to read the history of Eastern Europe and Europe in general before telling what Europe should or shouldn’t do in relation to Russia.